Revision to Modeling Soot Derived from Pulverized Coal

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to address a number of concerns that researchers have expressed when implementing the soot model of Brown and Fletcher (10.1021/ef9702207). A more common notation is presented here along with a table of units for clarification. It is the hope of the authors that this notation and associated clarifications will facilitate implementation of this model. Alexander J. Josephson and David O. Lignell have been added as authors in this revision. Some equation and notation changes are presented in this revision. These changes are meant to reflect the original implementation of this model and correct a few minor inconsistencies in the orginal print. As a result, a reader may implement this model from the information given in this revision alone. Validation and simulation results have not changed from the original paper. For clarification, the steady-state Reynolds-averaged Navier− Stokes equations for the conservation of soot mass, tar mass, and soot particle number (eqs 4−6 in the original paper) are changed by assimilating the gas density into the transport source terms.